Greek documentary film directed by Angelos Papastefanou, and narrated by Kostas Kastanas.
This 60-minute documentary film depicts the Holy Week and Easter as it is celebrated in Karyes (Protaton) and the Monastery of Simonopetra.
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Original Title: Πάσχα στο Άγιον Όρος
IMDb rate: 7,1/10
Movie Trivia:
1. The film was produced by the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra in 2008. it was subsequently translated into English, Russian, and Arabian.
2. Simonopetra Monastery (Greek: Σιμωνόπετρα, literally: “Simon’s Rock”), also Monastery of Simonos Petra, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery was founded during the 13th century by Simon the Athonite, who was later sanctified by the Eastern Orthodox Church as Saint Simon the Myrrh-bearer. Tradition holds that Simon, while dwelling in a nearby cave, saw a dream in which the Theotokos instructed him to build a monastery on top of the rock, promising him that she would protect and provide for him and the monastery. While the southern coast of Athos is quite rugged in general, the particular site upon which the monastery is built is exceptionally harsh. It is built on top of a single huge rock, practically hanging from a cliff 330 meters over the sea. The monastery currently houses 54 monks, and the hegumen is Archimandrite Eliseus.
3. Mount Athos (Greek: Ἄθως) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and the site of an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the peninsula has been governed as the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region within the Hellenic Republic, ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Mount Athos is known for its long Christian presence and historical monastic traditions, which date back to at least 800 AD during the Byzantine era. Because of its long history of religious importance, the well-preserved agrarian architecture within the monasteries, and the preservation of the flora and fauna around the mountain, Mount Athos was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988.
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